Some top notch suggestions in here, especially the black and white Haunting. I'll add the first Candyman to the list. I've perhaps seen it too many times now that the jumps don't work on me any more, but is awesomely creepy in places, still rather unsettling and is a decent thriller to boot.

Yup. Really should watch this again, so ta for the timely reminder! It really is fantastic. Not sure if it is really a great film to watch with a crowd as you have to get in the mood, but it's excellent.

localnotail wrote:
I haven't been scared by a film for ages, but I remember being terrified by Poltergeist as a teen.

Unsettled is about as close as I get to scared now. Pontypool worked on me.

Completely agree on Pontypool, loved it to bits. I first came across it as a radio play on the world service, which I stumbled across half way through by accident. That was *really* cool.

Also agree that things aren't really *scary* any more, but I think that's more me than films.

As a suggestion for a film though, I'd say Black Christmas. Years ahead of Halloween the film, this is really the first "slasher" film, conventional thinking be damned. It also has more tension and drama than Halloween.

-cerberus- wrote:
Sadly my friends will not be joining me for my Halloween horror movie night this year so I'm all by myself [insert forever alone image here] Regardless, I'm closely following James Rolfe's Cinemassacre's Monster Madness again and have since discovered some sweet obscure 80's horror flicks! Got me the special internet edition of Spookies the other day

Been watching this also, some of his suggestions look absolutely horrific ha. Especially Troll.

The cat and the canary is always a great watch at Halloween. It may be older than humanity and have a cheeky comedy stylee (it is Bob Hope after all), but it's also a damn good whodunnit/ghost story/chiller.